NSF Award Abstract - #0210559| NSF Award Abstract - #0210559 |
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| NSF Org | DMI |
| Latest Amendment Date | July 9, 2004 |
| Award Number | 0210559 |
| Award Instrument | Continuing grant |
| Program Manager |
Kevin Lyons DMI DIV OF DESIGN,MANUFAC & INDUSTRIAL INNOV ENG DIRECTORATE FOR ENGINEERING |
| Start Date | August 1, 2002 |
| Expires | July 31, 2006 (Estimated) |
| Expected Total Amount | $1000000 (Estimated) |
| Investigator |
Robert R. Vallance (Principal Investigator current) Kazi R. Javed (Co-Principal Investigator current) Apparao M. Rao (Co-Principal Investigator current) M. Pinar Menguc (Co-Principal Investigator current) |
| Sponsor |
U of Kentucky Res Fdn 109 Kinkead Hall Lexington, KY 405060057 859/257-8311 |
| NSF Program | 1674 NANOSCALE: INTRDISCPL RESRCH T |
| Field Application | 0308000 Industrial Technology |
| Program Reference Code | 1788,9146,9150,MANU, |
This proposal was received in response to Nanoscale Science and Engineering Initiative, NSF 01-157, category NIRT. Our interdisciplinary team is investigating a new process for nanoscale machining employing field emission of electrons from carbon nanotubes. High-precision nanomachining will be obtained by the concentrated thermal power transmitted by electron beams to a thin-film workpiece. In order to investigate the nanomachining process, we will develop a staggered probe that integrates multiple carbon nanotubes on a single probe for integrated nanometrology by scanning probe microscopy and nanomachining by field emission. Such probes will enable the experimental demonstration and investigation of nanomachining with field emission from nanotubes.This research will demonstrate a new high-precision manufacturing process for producing nano-scale patterns that will impact many disciplines such as nanoelectronics, nanoscience, biology, and energy. The research will foster a multi-university, interdisciplinary partnership in the areas of precision manufacturing, nanoscale thermal sciences, solid-state physics, and material science. A broad set of educational and outreach activities will include nanotechnology workshops chemistry and pre-engineering students at Kentucky State University (KSU) and a summer microscopy fellowship for KSU minority students at the University of Kentucky's microscopy facility.
